Leaders: Bert Hixon, Dave & Lynn Pollard, Holly Lemieux, Ruth Bergstrom
Temp: 66° F
Winds: N 11 mph
Weather Conditions: sunny
Glorious autumnal weather heralded the inaugural CMBO “Birding Northwood and Beyond walk”. Happy participants were treated to a few migrant warblers plus flyover migrating hawks, eagles and falcons as well as shorebirds and a host of herons. The extra-limital Purple Gallinule that has been reported over the last couple of weeks was finally spotted near the end.
44 species
| Species | Count |
| Mute Swan | 2 |
| Mallard | 2 |
| Mourning Dove | 4 |
| Purple Gallinule | 1 |
 Purple Gallinule photo by Ruth Bergstrom |
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| Greater Yellowlegs | 21 |
| Sanderling | 3 |
| Laughing Gull | 1 |
| Double-crested Cormorant | 4 |
| Little Blue Heron | 1 |
| Green Heron | 2 |
| Great Egret | 1 |
| Glossy Ibis | 4 |
| Black Vulture | 4 |
| Turkey Vulture | 8 |
| Osprey | 6 |
| Cooper’s Hawk | 4 |
| Bald Eagle | 4 |
| Red-tailed Hawk | 3 |
| Belted Kingfisher | 1 |
| Downy Woodpecker | 1 |
| American Kestrel | 1 |
| Merlin | 1 |
| Red-eyed Vireo | 3 |
| American Crow | 8 |
| Carolina Chickadee | 8 |
| Tufted Titmouse | 2 |
| Tree Swallow | 3 |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 2 |
| Carolina Wren | 3 |
| European Starling | 3 |
| Gray Catbird | 1 |
| Northern Mockingbird | 2 |
| House Sparrow | 6 |
| American Goldfinch | 5 |
| Red-winged Blackbird | 3 |
| Common Grackle | 4 |
| Ovenbird | 1 |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | 1 |
| Northern Waterthrush | 2 |
| Common Yellowthroat | 3 |
| American Redstart | 2 |
| Northern Parula | 1 |
| Northern Cardinal | 5 |
| Blue Grosbeak | 1 |
